Bio
DANIEL BENMAYOR
Daniel Benmayor was born in Barcelona. He studied film
directing, scriptwriting and advertising in Barcelona before moving to New
York, where, in 1994, he completed a film degree at New York University. From
there he became a first assistant director for international directors such as
Isabel Coixet, Sergi Capellas, Charlie Stebbings, and Siraj Javery.
Daniel has worked for clients such as Sony Ericsson, Mini,
Playstation, Fanta, Mercedes, Nissan, Renault, Vodafone, Orange, Samsung,
Repsol, Damm, Lotus.
Daniel has made two feature films: Paintball in
2009, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and was distributed
internationally. Bruc in 2010, based on a Catalan legend set
during the Spanish/French War. The film was screened at the London Film
Festival and the Moscow Film Festival, among others. Up next is Tracers,
currently in post production and due for release in 2014, starring Taylor
Lautner as a New York City bike messenger who escapes into the world of
parkour.
And here’s some trivia: He likes his daughter, his iPod, any
technical gadgets, German sausages, and Barcelona but doesn’t like to
travel without his PSP.